Improvement in sleds



FISHER & MEILI.

Sled.

No. 69,979. Patented Oct. 22, 1867.

n r: Wltnesses: lnve to @latten tates etent @meer JOHN FISHER, OF ST. JOSEPH, WISCONSIN, ANI) JACOB MEILI, OF STILL- WATERy CITY, MINNESOTA.

Letters Patent No. 69,979, datcoZOctobefr 22, 1867.

' IMPROVEMENT IN SLEDS.

Be it known that we, JOHN FISHER, of the town of St. Joseph, county of St. Croix, and State of Wisconsin, and JACOB MEILI, of Stillwater City, Vtnshngtoriv county, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and .useful Improvement in the Construction of Sleds.

Our invention consists mainly in a exible knee and slide coupling."

We do hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description of tlie construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the drawing hereto annexed, and being a part of this specification, in Which- Figure I-is a side view,

Figure 2 is a front view, and

Figure 3 is an iron arm.

- The flexible iron knee A works on and around the iron arm It sets on the iron gripe E, lwith a pivot through the said gripe. Onthe top the said iron knee works by a pivot through the iron rave F, which is bolted to and supports the runner C. The iron arm Bis bolted to the bar D, and passes through the lknee, holding the sanne toits place by a nutsorewed on to the end ofsaid arm on the outside ofthe knee. By the use of this flexible knee the runner is enabled to pass over"any unevenness of the road without straining the bar D, and without affecting the position of its fellow-runner. The slide-fastening of the coupling-tongue and reach consists of the loop-iron I, which is bolted to the coupling-tongue J, and works forward and backward on the slide iron, according to the position of the runner C. The slide-iron K is bolted to the reach H. This reach passes through each bolster, M, and is supported by iron braces L, thus holding the bolsters to their'position as iniiexibly as those of e common lumber-wagon. --The double bobs,.or sled with four runners, have been in use many years, though we do not know of any being in use with stationary holsters. We arrive at the inflexible bolster by the combined use of the flexible kneeH and the slide-fastenings of the coupling-tongue and reach. The hind bob or hind runners being drawn by thelreach, the slide-fastenings guard the same in its proper bounds. This sled is stronger, works with greater ease to both the sled and the team, and is consequently less liable to get out of repair.

We claim as our invention- 1. The fiexible knee A, constructed as described, fitting and turning loosely upon the end ofthe iron a-xle B bolted to the'bolster D, its lower end stepped in the gripe E, and held in positionby means of the iron rave F, whose centre passes over the top of the said knee, and whose ends are secured to the top of the runner C, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

2. The slide-coupling, constructed as described, consisting of' the loop-iron I bolted to the coupling-tongue g, and, sliding upon the slide-iron K bolted to the under side of the reach H, the latter being rigidlysecured to the front and rear holsters D by the braces L, all operating as described, whereby the hind runners are allowed a longitudinal play, while the holsters are inflexible, as herein shown and described. v

3. The inflexible holsters, formed by thecombination of the flexible knees A,1:aves F, slide-fastenings I K, coupling-tongue g, and immovable reach H, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

JOHN FISHER, .moon MEILI.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH LEHMICKF, F. G. BROWN. 

